Im phil mattingly. In for dave briggs. It is thursday, august 9th. Congratulations, you are on the back half of the week. Representative Chris Collins refusing to step down after indictment on Insider Trading charges. Federal prosecutors in manhattan accused the new York Congress member, his son and another man of securities and wire fraud. Charged with exploiting secret Drug Trial Information from the australian pharmaceutical company. Collins vowed last night he will continue his run for reelection in november. The charges that have been levied against me are meritless. I will mount a vigorous defense in court to clear my name. I look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated ending any and all questions relating to my affiliation with innate. The company where collins was on the board of directors. He was the first sitting Congress Member to endorse donald trump for the white house. Collins indictment turns another safe republican seat into a battleground. The White House Leg
Information he needs to wrap up the case within weeks. We do not want to run into the november elections. Back up from that. This should be over with september 1st. We have now given him an answer. He obviously should take a few days to consider it. We should get this resolved. Giuliani says the Trump Legal Team says this should wrap up before the november election. He believes republicans will benefit if the probe drags into november. Prosecutors in the bank and Tax Fraud Trial of Paul Manafort expect to rest the case against the former Campaign Boss on friday. The defense will present its case. 18 witnesses have testified. Notably rick gates. A former adviser to the trump campaign. Also taking the stand is a former irs agent on how manafort avoided paying taxes on millions
phil. Matthew, it wasnt just democrats, but republican chairman in the house asking to impose sanctions. Another round could come in a couple of months. Matthew chance, thank you. China vows to fight back against t
administration. he has not responded to cnn s request for comment. siri, are you spying on me? in a letter to lawmakers, apple says the phones do not listen to what you are saying. third party app developers do not have access. it is responding to a committee request. it is about the smartphone data collection practices. google received a similar letter. just anecdotally, no one believes apple on this. everyone think s iphone. it knows too much. everybody still buys the phone and siri. for the record, it is not listening to you. allegedly. the motion picture academy announcing changes to the oscars. the ceremony making room for the biggest blockbuster by adding a
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